A Unified Framework for Understanding the Structure and Modifications of Atomically Precise Monolayer Protected Gold Clusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 49, 2015, Pages 27768-27785

  Natarajan, Ganapati ^a   Mathew, Ammu ^a   Negishi, Yuichi ^b   Whetten, Robert L ^c   Pradeep, Thalappil ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GOLD; ISOMERS; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC CORE STORAGE; MAGNETIC STORAGE; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; PRECIOUS METALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; GEOMETRIC STABILITY; MONOLAYER PROTECTED CLUSTERS; MONOLAYER PROTECTED GOLD CLUSTERS; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS; TOPOLOGICAL CONFIGURATION;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84949794497     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08193     Document Type: Article

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